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另类阅读——童话《夏洛的网》第一章（适合英语初学者）
发表于: 2008-7-17 14:25 作者: daxuecheng1111 来源: 『原版英语』
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daxuecheng1111 (2008-7-18 08:44:22)
daxuecheng1111 (2008-7-18 08:46:56)
CHAPTER 1
I. Before Breakfast"Where's Papa going with the ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night."
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight.
"Well," said her mother,"one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it."
"Do away with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because it's smaller than the others?"
Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. "Don't yell, Fern!"she said. "Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway."
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
"Please don't kill it!" she sobbed. "It's unfair."
Mr. Arable stopped walking.
"Fer," he said gently, "you will have to learn to control yourself."
"Control myself?" yelled Fern. "This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself." Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand.
"Fern," said Mr. Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!"
"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?"
Mr. Arable smiled. "Certainly not," he said, looking down at his daughter with love. "But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another."
"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of."
A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself.
"All right," he said."You go back to the house and I will bring the runt when I come in. I'll let you start it on a bottle, like a baby. Then you'll see what trouble a pig can be."
When Mr. Arable returned to the house half an hour later, he carried a carton under his arm. Fern was upstairs changing her sneakers. The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of Coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove.
"Put it on her chair!" said Mrs. Arable. Mr. Arable set the carton down at Fern's place. Then he walked to the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the roller towel.
Fern came slowly down the stairs. Her eyes were red from crying. As she approached her chair, the carton wobbled, and there was a scratching noise.. Fern looked at her father. Then she lifted the lid of the carton. There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig. It was a white one. The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink.
"He's yours," said Mr. Arable. "Saved from an untimely death. And may the good Lord forgive me for this foolishness."
Fern couldn't take her eyes off the tiny pig. "Oh," she whispered. "Oh, look at him! He's absolutely perfect."
She closed the carton carefully. First she kissed her father, then she kissed her mother. Then she opened the lid again, lifted the pig out, and held it against her cheek. At this moment her brother Avery came into the room. Avery was ten. He was heavily armed--an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other.
"What's that?" he demanded. "What's Fern got?"
"She's got a guest for breakfast," said Mrs. Arable. "Wash your hands and face, Avery!"
"Let's see it!" said Avery, setting his gun down. "You call that miserable thing a pig? That's a fine specimen of a pig--it's no bigger than a white rat."
"Wash up and eat your breakfast, Avery!" said his mother. "The school bus will be along in half an hour."
"Can I have a pig, too, Pop?" asked Avery.
"No, I only distribute pigs to early risers," said Mr. Arable. "Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one, to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly. Let's eat!"
But Fern couldn't eat until her pig had had a drink of milk. Mrs. Arable found a baby's nursing bottle and a rubber nipple. She poured warm milk into the bottle, fitted the nipple over the top, and handed it to Fern. "Give him his breakfast!" she said.
A minute later, Fern was seated on the floor in the corner of the kitchen with her infant between her knees, teaching it to suck from the bottle. The pig, although tiny, had a good appetite and caught on quickly.
The school bus honked from the road.
"Run!" commanded Mrs. Arable, taking the pig from Fern and slipping a doughnut into her hand. Avery grabbed his gun and another doughnut.
The children ran out to the road and climbed into the bus. Fern took no notice of the others in the bus. She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig. By the time the bus reached school, Fern had named her pet, selecting the most beautiful name she could think of.
"Its name is Wilbur," she whispered to herself.
She was still thinking about the pig when the teacher said:" Fern, what is the capital of Pennsylvania?"
"Wilbur," replied Fern, dreamily. The pupils giggled. Fern blushed.
dsz_shn_CHINA (2008-7-18 09:19:14)
QUOTE:
你才从蛋壳里出来，哪里晓得世界的复杂与现实的残酷chenqi6886 (2008-7-18 09:36:23)
runt [noun]
the smallest or weakest of a litter, esp. of pigs or puppies.
never amount to anything
一事无成
do away with
废除, 弄死
giggle [vi]
is a high-pitched, bubbly way of laughing. It is usually suppressed, resulting in short bursts of laughter. A giggle is often considered a very feminine laugh.
E.Y. (2008-7-18 21:31:41)
runt 发育不全的矮小动物,矮子
it will never amount to anything 一事无成
a pitcher of 一大罐
yell 喊叫
sneaker 运动鞋
sob 哭泣
sop 弄湿
bacon咸猪肉
roller towel 套在滚筒上转动的擦手毛巾
wobble晃动，摇摆不定
scratching noise噼啪噪声
lid 盖子
air rifle 气枪
dagger 匕首，短剑
specimen 范例，典范
honk 鸣（喇叭） 按（喇叭）
doughnut 炸面圈
blissful 极快乐的，极幸福的
giggle 咯咯地笑
红笔划出的是重点记忆的单词，蓝笔是词组及句子，黑色的单词为非重点记忆单词。
dsz_shn_CHINA (2008-7-19 09:30:26)
可以学习点构词方面的知识，这样有助于你对这类单词的理解。
E.Y. (2008-7-19 15:20:10)
ahai777 (2008-7-19 21:21:29)
roman.lw (2008-7-20 12:53:15)
the school bus will be along in half an hour.
she answered the teacher's questions dreamily.
you can do away about this.
kevin0878 (2008-7-21 10:11:41)
6aa (2008-7-21 14:09:18)
Fern pushed a chair out of the way 把椅子推开。。
sneakers 运动鞋
by the time 到。。。为止
A queer look 不爽的表情。。
took no notice of 没有注意到。
最后有意思，这小姑娘太喜欢小猪了。
cendyfan (2008-7-27 09:52:31)
涉江采莲蓬 (2008-7-28 07:36:27)
chenqi6886 (2008-7-28 08:09:11)
涉江采莲蓬 (2008-7-28 08:11:09)
重在参与,唿唿.
一点一点儿读,理解得不对的大家伸手指点下.
ax: [ æks ] n. 斧子 vt. 用斧砍
runt: [ rʌnt ] n. 小牛,小家畜小鬼,家鸽之一种
amount: [ ə'maunt ] n. 数量,总额 v. 总计,等于
to do away with: 干掉
"Where's Papa going with the ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
"Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night."
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight.
"Well," said her mother,"one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it."
我的译文
"爸爸带着斧子去哪儿?"芬一边吃早餐一边问妈妈.
"去猪圈,有几只小猪昨晚降生了."妈妈回答.
"我不明白为什么他得带着把斧子呢."芬继续说.她才八岁呢.
"哦,有只小猪发育不全.它非常小非常虚弱,可能没法活下去.所以你父亲决定解决掉它."妈妈说.
ownland (2008-8-05 15:24:11)
My eyes can not fit them. I am sorry!
ownland (2008-8-05 16:12:15)
Arable 太太找到了一个婴儿奶瓶和一个塑料奶嘴。她将热牛奶倒进瓶子里，将奶嘴安到了瓶子上，交给了Fern
ownland (2008-8-05 16:16:05)
slugyang (2008-8-05 20:05:22)
dzh5187 (2008-8-06 10:58:02)